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Yellowstone super-volcano less super, more active
The super-volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park may be less super, but more active, than previously thought. An eruption is "long overdue," say scientists.
May 15, 2012
Dawn spacecraft reveals landscapes of Vesta
Findings from the Dawn spacecraft reveal enormous impact craters and diverse mineralogy on the asteroid Vesta, the second largest object in the asteroid belt.
May 15, 2012
Iowa State, Salk researchers make plant protein
Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins,
May 14, 2012
Solar storm effects may give Earth a glancing blow on May 14
Effects of a coronal mass ejection from huge sunspot region 1476 will deliver a glancing blow (solar storm) to Earth today, while in route to Mars.
May 14, 2012
Did the moon help sink the Titanic?
Several months before the Titanic's fateful encounter with an iceberg, the moon had been closer to Earth than in 1,400 years, and it was full just six minutes before.
May 14, 2012
Plastic in Pacific is changing ocean habitats, study shows
In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic has increased by 100 times over in past 40 years. Some sea creatures are now laying their eggs on plastic.
May 13, 2012
Top 10 most astonishing natural disaster events caught on surveillance
Top 10 natural disasters caught on surveillance cameras. A diverse selection, including footage of tornadoes, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, and hurricanes.
May 13, 2012
Robots used to retrieve valuable info from living brains
Researchers have developed robots - a robot arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm - to identify and record information from the brain's neurons.
May 13, 2012
New planet found in distant solar system by its tug on another world
Using the same technique that led to Neptune's discovery in 1846, astronomers have found a new planet by observing its pull on a neighboring world.
May 12, 2012
Gene therapy for hearing loss: Potential and limitations
Regenerating sensory hair cells, which produce electrical signals in response to vibrations within the inner ear, could be done with gene therapy.
May 11, 2012
